#transportationhacks — Public Fediverse posts

Open-Source Mid-Drive e-Bike Motor Has Lots of Promise, and Hyphens

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/open-source-mid-drive-e-bike-motor-has-lots-of-promise-and-hyphens/

Real-Time BART in a Box Smaller Than Your Coffee Mug https://hackaday.com/2025/11/11/real-time-bart-in-a-box-smaller-than-your-coffee-mug/ #TransportationHacks #publictransit #oleddisplay #hardware #esp32c6

The Channel Crossing Bridge That Never Was https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/the-channel-crossing-bridge-that-never-was/ #TransportationHacks #englishchannel #channeltunnel #OriginalArt #eurotunnel #thechannel #euroroute #Featured #History #britain #channel #England #calais #europe #France #tunnel #dover

The Channel Crossing Bridge That Never Was - Full marks for clarity of message. Credit: Euro Route materials
When the Channel T... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/the-channel-crossing-bridge-that-never-was/ #transportationhacks #englishchannel #channeltunnel #originalart #eurotunnel #thechannel #euroroute #featured #history #britain #channel #england #calais #europe #france #tunnel #dover

PLA Gears Fail To Fail In 3D Printed Bicycle Drivetrain https://hackaday.com/2025/10/10/pla-gears-fail-to-fail-in-3d-printed-bicycle-drivetrain/ #TransportationHacks #3dPrinterhacks #3Dprintedgears #bikehacks #bicycles

PLA Gears Fail To Fail In 3D Printed Bicycle Drivetrain - Anyone who has ever snapped a chain or a crank knows how much torque a bicycle’s p... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/10/pla-gears-fail-to-fail-in-3d-printed-bicycle-drivetrain/ #transportationhacks #3dprinterhacks #3dprintedgears #bikehacks #bicycles

Train Speed Signaling Adapted For Car https://hackaday.com/2024/09/11/train-speed-signaling-adapted-for-car/ #TransportationHacks #reverseengineering #powersupply #speedometer #indicator #signaling #boston #obd-ii #speed #train #mbta #car #gps #led

Train Speed Signaling Adapted For Car - One major flaw of designing societies around cars is the sheer amount of signage t... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/11/train-speed-signaling-adapted-for-car/ #transportationhacks #reverseengineering #powersupply #speedometer #indicator #signaling #boston #obd-ii #speed #train #mbta #car #gps #led

BikeBeamer Adds POV Display to Bicycle Wheels https://hackaday.com/2024/06/11/bikebeamer-adds-pov-display-to-bicycle-wheels/ #TransportationHacks #persistenceofvision #bikebeamer #3dprinted #lighting #battery #bicycle #lights #spokes #ESP32 #wheel #bike #led #pcb #POV

BikeBeamer Adds POV Display to Bicycle Wheels - Unless you’re living in a bicycle paradise like the Netherlands, most people will ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/11/bikebeamer-adds-pov-display-to-bicycle-wheels/ #transportationhacks #persistenceofvision #bikebeamer #3dprinted #lighting #battery #bicycle #lights #spokes #esp32 #wheel #bike #led #pcb #pov

Sailing (Directly) Into the Wind - Humans have been sailing various seas and oceans for thousands of years, and using... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/06/sailing-directly-into-the-wind/ #transportationhacks #remotecontrolled #catamaran #propeller #sailboat #sailing #upwind #prop #sail

Building a Cargo Bike Dream - Cargo bikes can haul an impressive amount of stuff and serve as a car replacement... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/12/building-a-cargo-bike-dream/ #transportationhacks #electricbicycle #electricbike #frontloader #cargobike #longjohn #bicycle #welding #cargo #ebike #frame #bike

High Voltage Ion Engines Take Trip on the High Seas - Over the last several months, we’ve been enjoying a front-row seat as [Jay Bowles]... - https://hackaday.com/2023/06/12/high-voltage-ion-engines-take-trip-on-the-high-seas/ #transportationhacks #remotecontrolled #ionpropulsion #plasmachannel #highvoltage #ionthruster #catamaran

Hoverboard Rides on Eddy Currents - The famous hoverboards of Back to the Future haven’t quite gotten here yet, but th... - https://hackaday.com/2023/05/22/hoverboard-rides-on-eddy-currents/ #transportationhacks #backtothefuture #magneticfield #eddycurrent #hoverboard #levitation #skateboard #magnetism #magnet

Self-Driving Library for Python - Fully autonomous vehicles seem to perennially be just a few years away, sort of li... - https://hackaday.com/2023/05/16/self-driving-library-for-python/ #transportationhacks #remotecontrolled #machinelearning #computervision #self-driving #robotshacks #python

Hyundai To Lead US Market For Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks - Hydrogen has long been touted as a potential fuel of the future. While it’s failed... - https://hackaday.com/2022/12/13/hyundai-to-lead-us-market-for-hydrogen-fuel-cell-trucks/ #transportationhacks #hydrogenfuelcells #hackadaycolumns #fuelcells #semitruck #fuelcell #hydrogen #trucking #hyundai #tractor #trucks #truck

Can A Drone Push A Bike? - It sounds like a rhetorical question that a Midwestern engineer might ask, somethi... - https://hackaday.com/2022/06/19/can-a-drone-push-a-bike/ #transportationhacks #3dprintedgears #electricbike #dronehacks #dronemotor #whynot #news

Autonomous Inflatable Canoe - With the summer months nearly upon us, many are dreaming of warm afternoons spent ... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/29/inflatable-canoe-gets-remote-control-upgrade/ #transportationhacks #remotecontrolled #trollingmotor #robotshacks #watercraft #ardupilot

An Alternator Powered Electric Bicycle Gives Rotor Magnetic Field Insight - For anyone involved in the construction of small electric vehicles it has become a matter of great... - https://hackaday.com/2021/01/24/an-alternator-powered-electric-bicycle-gives-rotor-magnetic-field-insight/ #transportationhacks #halleffectsensor #electricbicycle #alternator #motor #news

RC Starship Perfects its Skydiving Routine - There’s a good chance you already saw SpaceX’s towering Starship prototype make its impressive twelv... - https://hackaday.com/2020/12/13/rc-starship-perfects-its-skydiving-routine/ #transportationhacks #remotecontrolled #thrustvectoring #toyhacks #starship #spacex #servo

3D Print Your Way to a Glass Cockpit Simulator - Today’s commercial aircraft are packed to the elevators with sensors, computers, and miles and miles... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/14/3d-print-your-way-to-a-glass-cockpit-simulator/ #transportationhacks #arduinomega2560 #arduinohacks #glasscockpit #multiplexer #3dprinting #simulator #garmin #simvim